Women in Sports

Womens sporting events will never be as big as mens. To give you an example from our own school, Purdue Women's basketball has an amazing group of talent, but yet it is the mens team who gets the bigger crowd. The mens team, who have never really been that good in recent years, are the ones with the screaming crowds, and packed arenas. If the womens team is more talented, then it seems logical that people would flock to see them play, but sadly that is not the truth.
The media, such as ABC, NBC, and especially ESPN focus mainly on men performance. If you watch ESPN for only a few minutes, you will notice that they are mainly focused on sports such as Baseball (all men), Football (all men), racecar driving (mostly men), Golf (only mens golf is shown on television) and basketball, where women are viewed as non comparable. The media is what drives people to believe that women sports are not as big of a deal. I have done sports my whole life, including cross country, swimming, and track, and have seen the results of being a women in the sport world. It is the mens race that happened to be published in the local newspaper, the Mens sectionals that poeple flock to come and watch, and the Mens relay that matters more than the womens. Women should not be treated inferior for doing the exact thing that those men go out and do everyday. Not only is it just as tough for women, but i would argue that it is even tougher because they have to endure criticism, and inferiorism.